diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/.gitignore b/maven-modules/maven-properties/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bae0b0d7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/output-resources
+/.idea/
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/README.md b/maven-modules/maven-properties/README.md
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index 0000000000..65d976189c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## Apache Maven
+
+This module contains articles about core Apache Maven. Articles about other Maven plugins (such as the Maven WAR Plugin)
+have their own dedicated modules. 
+
+### Relevant Articles
+
+- [Accessing Maven Properties in Java]
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diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cd92da42f
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+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>maven-properties</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>maven-properties</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>properties-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>write-project-properties</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <outputFile>${project.build.outputDirectory}/properties-from-pom.properties</outputFile>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <name>${project.name}</name>
+        <my.awesome.property>property-from-pom</my.awesome.property>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReader.java b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7000ec2ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/main/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Reads properties from one file.
+ * 
+ * @author Donato Rimenti
+ */
+public class PropertiesReader {
+
+    /**
+     * Properties managed by this reader.
+     */
+    private Properties properties;
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the property file with the given name.
+     * 
+     * @param propertyFileName the name of the property file to read
+     * @throws IOException if the file is not found or there's a problem reading it
+     */
+    public PropertiesReader(String propertyFileName) throws IOException {
+        InputStream is = getClass().getClassLoader()
+            .getResourceAsStream(propertyFileName);
+        this.properties = new Properties();
+        this.properties.load(is);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the property with the given name from the property file.
+     * @param propertyName the name of the property to read
+     * @return the property with the given name
+     */
+    public String getProperty(String propertyName) {
+        return this.properties.getProperty(propertyName);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1d6e66047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-properties/src/test/java/com/baeldung/maven/properties/PropertiesReaderUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.maven.properties;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test for {@link PropertiesReader}.
+ * 
+ * @author Donato Rimenti
+ */
+public class PropertiesReaderUnitTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Reads a property and checks that's the one expected.
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException if anything goes wrong
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void givenPomProperties_whenPropertyRead_thenPropertyReturned() throws IOException {
+        PropertiesReader reader = new PropertiesReader("properties-from-pom.properties");
+        String property = reader.getProperty("my.awesome.property");
+        Assert.assertEquals("property-from-pom", property);
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/maven-modules/pom.xml b/maven-modules/pom.xml
index c4d8c253df..2de8560244 100644
--- a/maven-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         <module>maven-profiles</module>
         <module>versions-maven-plugin</module>
         <module>version-collision</module>
+		<module>maven-properties</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>