Banquet of Chestnuts
The Banquet of Chestnuts (sometimes the Ballet of Chestnuts, the Festival of Chestnuts, or the Joust of Whores) 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. == Burchard's account == An account of the banquet appears in the Liber Notarum of Johann Burchard, a Protonotary Apostolic and Master of Ceremonies.