anchor: 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.
positive: Pilgrims get non their knees to climb the steps of the Via Sancta.
negative: There are 217 in the Via Sancta, which must be climbed on foot.