Editing IJsselstein (section)

==Sights==

The city has an old town, surrounded by a small canal. A castle stood in IJsselstein from 1300 to 1888; the tower survived. The city has two large churches, both named after [[St. Nicholas]]: the [[Dutch Reformed Church|Dutch Reformed]] Nicolaas church, founded in 1310, and a [[Roman Catholic]] church. Inside the Protestant church there are two mausoleums; one of the family of [[Gijsbrecht van Amstel]] (1350) and another of {{Interlanguage link multi|Aleida van Culemborg|nl}} (1475). The catholic basilica of St. Nicolaas dates from 1887 and is [[neo-Gothic]]. It was given the title of '[[Basilica Minor]]' by [[Pope Paul VI]] in 1972.

A 366.8 metres high television mast, called the [[Gerbrandy Tower]], is located in IJsselstein. The tower is commonly, and erroneously, referred to as ''Zendmast Lopik'', after the nearby village of Lopik.