Oct 29, 2020
4 min read
The Banquet of the Chestnuts — The Pope’s Halloween Party Turned Orgy
What really happened at Pope Alexander VI’s scandalous fête?
On the evening of October 30, 1501, Johann Burchard made his way through Rome’s windy streets and followed the smell of roasting pig flesh and warmed chestnuts wafting out of the Vatican Palace.
