Banquet of Chestnuts facts for kids

The Banquet of Chestnuts (sometimes Ballet of Chestnuts, Festival of Chestnuts, or Joust of ...) was a supper purportedly held at the Papal Palace in Rome and hosted by former Cardinal Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI on 31 October 1501. An account of the banquet is presented in a Latin diary by Protonotary Apostolic and Master of Ceremonies Johann Burchard (it is titled Liber Notarum), but its accuracy is disputed.

History

According to Burchard, the banquet was given in Cesare's apartments in the Palazzo Apostolico. .....

Alexander Lee notes that "The so-called 'Banquet of the Chestnuts'… is, for example, attested only in Burchard's memoirs, and not only was intrinsically implausible, but also was dismissed as such by many contemporaries."

See also

In Spanish: Banquete de las castañas para niños

• List of dining events
• List of sexually active popes
• House of Borgia
• Route of the Borgias