Some 87,000 arrived at the site on foot, as well as in organised groups of runners, cyclists and horse-riders.
Foreign pilgrims came from 71 countries.
In 2016, the year of the visit by Pope Francis for the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day, the site was visited by a record 4.5 million pilgrims.
The Black Madonna sanctuary, with its Pauline monastery, is one of Europe’s most popular Catholic shrines.
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