diff --git a/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.cs b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06fc07f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace DotTiled.Tests;
+
+public partial class TestData
+{
+  public static Map MapWithMultilineStringProp() => new Map
+  {
+    Class = "",
+    Orientation = MapOrientation.Isometric,
+    Width = 5,
+    Height = 5,
+    TileWidth = 32,
+    TileHeight = 16,
+    Infinite = false,
+    ParallaxOriginX = 0,
+    ParallaxOriginY = 0,
+    RenderOrder = RenderOrder.RightDown,
+    CompressionLevel = -1,
+    BackgroundColor = Color.Parse("#00ff00", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+    Version = "1.10",
+    TiledVersion = "1.11.0",
+    NextLayerID = 2,
+    NextObjectID = 1,
+    Layers = [
+      new TileLayer
+      {
+        ID = 1,
+        Name = "Tile Layer 1",
+        Width = 5,
+        Height = 5,
+        Data = new Data
+        {
+          Encoding = DataEncoding.Csv,
+          GlobalTileIDs = new Optional<uint[]>([
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0
+          ]),
+          FlippingFlags = new Optional<FlippingFlags[]>([
+            FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None,
+            FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None,
+            FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None,
+            FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None,
+            FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None, FlippingFlags.None
+          ])
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    Properties =
+    [
+      new BoolProperty { Name = "boolprop", Value = true },
+      new ColorProperty { Name = "colorprop", Value = Color.Parse("#ff55ffff", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) },
+      new FileProperty { Name = "fileprop", Value = "file.txt" },
+      new FloatProperty { Name = "floatprop", Value = 4.2f },
+      new IntProperty { Name = "intprop", Value = 8 },
+      new ObjectProperty { Name = "objectprop", Value = 5 },
+      new StringProperty { Name = "stringmultiline", Value = "hello there\n\ni am a multiline\nstring property" },
+      new StringProperty { Name = "stringprop", Value = "This is a string, hello world!" },
+      new StringProperty { Name = "unsetstringprop", Value = "" }
+    ]
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmj b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44465f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmj
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ "backgroundcolor":"#00ff00",
+ "compressionlevel":-1,
+ "height":5,
+ "infinite":false,
+ "layers":[
+        {
+         "data":[0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+         "height":5,
+         "id":1,
+         "name":"Tile Layer 1",
+         "opacity":1,
+         "type":"tilelayer",
+         "visible":true,
+         "width":5,
+         "x":0,
+         "y":0
+        }],
+ "nextlayerid":2,
+ "nextobjectid":1,
+ "orientation":"isometric",
+ "properties":[
+        {
+         "name":"boolprop",
+         "type":"bool",
+         "value":true
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"colorprop",
+         "type":"color",
+         "value":"#ff55ffff"
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"fileprop",
+         "type":"file",
+         "value":"file.txt"
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"floatprop",
+         "type":"float",
+         "value":4.2
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"intprop",
+         "type":"int",
+         "value":8
+        },
+    
+        {
+         "name":"objectprop",
+         "type":"object",
+         "value":5
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"stringmultiline",
+         "type":"string",
+         "value":"hello there\n\ni am a multiline\nstring property"
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"stringprop",
+         "type":"string",
+         "value":"This is a string, hello world!"
+        }, 
+        {
+         "name":"unsetstringprop",
+         "type":"string",
+         "value":""
+        }],
+ "renderorder":"right-down",
+ "tiledversion":"1.11.0",
+ "tileheight":16,
+ "tilesets":[],
+ "tilewidth":32,
+ "type":"map",
+ "version":"1.10",
+ "width":5
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmx b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de55ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DotTiled.Tests/TestData/Maps/map-with-multiline-string-prop/map-with-multiline-string-prop.tmx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<map version="1.10" tiledversion="1.11.0" orientation="isometric" renderorder="right-down" width="5" height="5" tilewidth="32" tileheight="16" infinite="0" backgroundcolor="#00ff00" nextlayerid="2" nextobjectid="1">
+ <properties>
+  <property name="boolprop" type="bool" value="true"/>
+  <property name="colorprop" type="color" value="#ff55ffff"/>
+  <property name="fileprop" type="file" value="file.txt"/>
+  <property name="floatprop" type="float" value="4.2"/>
+  <property name="intprop" type="int" value="8"/>
+  <property name="objectprop" type="object" value="5"/>
+  <property name="stringmultiline">hello there
+
+i am a multiline
+string property</property>
+  <property name="stringprop" value="This is a string, hello world!"/>
+  <property name="unsetstringprop" value=""/>
+ </properties>
+ <layer id="1" name="Tile Layer 1" width="5" height="5">
+  <data encoding="csv">
+0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0,
+0,0,0,0,0
+</data>
+ </layer>
+</map>
diff --git a/src/DotTiled.Tests/UnitTests/Serialization/TestData.cs b/src/DotTiled.Tests/UnitTests/Serialization/TestData.cs
index eb13942..b59622e 100644
--- a/src/DotTiled.Tests/UnitTests/Serialization/TestData.cs
+++ b/src/DotTiled.Tests/UnitTests/Serialization/TestData.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public static partial class TestData
     [GetMapPath("map-external-tileset-multi"), (string f) => MapExternalTilesetMulti(f), Array.Empty<ICustomTypeDefinition>()],
     [GetMapPath("map-external-tileset-wangset"), (string f) => MapExternalTilesetWangset(f), Array.Empty<ICustomTypeDefinition>()],
     [GetMapPath("map-with-many-layers"), (string f) => MapWithManyLayers(f), Array.Empty<ICustomTypeDefinition>()],
+    [GetMapPath("map-with-multiline-string-prop"), (string f) => MapWithMultilineStringProp(), Array.Empty<ICustomTypeDefinition>()],
     [GetMapPath("map-with-deep-props"), (string f) => MapWithDeepProps(), MapWithDeepPropsCustomTypeDefinitions()],
     [GetMapPath("map-with-class"), (string f) => MapWithClass(), MapWithClassCustomTypeDefinitions()],
     [GetMapPath("map-with-class-and-props"), (string f) => MapWithClassAndProps(), MapWithClassAndPropsCustomTypeDefinitions()],
diff --git a/src/DotTiled/Serialization/Tmx/TmxReaderBase.Properties.cs b/src/DotTiled/Serialization/Tmx/TmxReaderBase.Properties.cs
index bfdb93d..32b6a5c 100644
--- a/src/DotTiled/Serialization/Tmx/TmxReaderBase.Properties.cs
+++ b/src/DotTiled/Serialization/Tmx/TmxReaderBase.Properties.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
@@ -32,9 +33,14 @@ public abstract partial class TmxReaderBase
         return ReadPropertyWithCustomType();
       }
 
+      if (type == PropertyType.String)
+      {
+        return ReadStringProperty(name);
+      }
+
       IProperty property = type switch
       {
-        PropertyType.String => new StringProperty { Name = name, Value = r.GetRequiredAttribute("value") },
+        PropertyType.String => throw new InvalidOperationException("String properties should be handled elsewhere."),
         PropertyType.Int => new IntProperty { Name = name, Value = r.GetRequiredAttributeParseable<int>("value") },
         PropertyType.Float => new FloatProperty { Name = name, Value = r.GetRequiredAttributeParseable<float>("value") },
         PropertyType.Bool => new BoolProperty { Name = name, Value = r.GetRequiredAttributeParseable<bool>("value") },
@@ -49,6 +55,25 @@ public abstract partial class TmxReaderBase
     });
   }
 
+  internal StringProperty ReadStringProperty(string name)
+  {
+    var valueAttrib = _reader.GetOptionalAttribute("value");
+    if (valueAttrib.HasValue)
+    {
+      return new StringProperty { Name = name, Value = valueAttrib.Value };
+    }
+
+    if (!_reader.IsEmptyElement)
+    {
+      _reader.ReadStartElement("property");
+      var value = _reader.ReadContentAsString();
+      _reader.ReadEndElement();
+      return new StringProperty { Name = name, Value = value };
+    }
+
+    return new StringProperty { Name = name, Value = string.Empty };
+  }
+
   internal IProperty ReadPropertyWithCustomType()
   {
     var isClass = _reader.GetOptionalAttribute("type") == "class";