Pil ? ­ grims would climb the 216 steps of the Via Sancta on their knees to get to the shrines halfway up the hillside , which include the Cha ? ­ pelle Mira ? ­ cu ? ­ leuse de Notre-Dame with its statue of the Black Vir ? ­ gin and the 12th-century basilica .
Over 10,000 pilgrims climb the steps of the Via Sancta every year .