On Friday, 14 March 2025, the first cornerstone of the project to rebuild the spire of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which was dismantled in 1845 after sustaining structural damage during a hurricane in 1845, was laid in the presence of Xavier Huillard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI and Virginie Leroy, Chairman of VINCI Immobilier, as well as Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, Mathieu Hanotin, Mayor of Saint-Denis, Mgr Étienne Guillet, bishop of Saint-Denis, Marie Lavandier, President of the Centre des musées nationaux and Stéphane Bern, writer, presenter of TV history programmes and head of the Heritage Mission supported by the Ministry of Culture.